Interesting fact says that football and rugby was made hybrid!
In
the 1930's, the fascist party of Italy, under Mussolini, so despised
British football that they invented an alternative sport for the masses,
called volate, which was a hybrid of football and rugby. The new game never got going.
Interesting fact says modern football and soccer ball may have originated from a human head!
While no one knows
exactly how the “soccer ball” came into existence, many forms and
variations have been documented throughout history. In 1836 Charles
Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber. Prior to this, football and soccer balls were
dependent on the size and shape of the pig's bladder.
Interesting fact says that there is an ancient artifact depicting football!
An
ancient Greek marble relief housed in the national museum of archeology
in Athens shows and athlete balancing a football on his thigh as a young
boy looks on. This very image is featured on the European cup trophy.
Interesting fact says that first football rule was published in 1863!
Prior
to that, there was no standard rules for size of teams or the field. Earliest organized games, usually bitter confrontations between teams
from two or three parishes, had football goal posts as far as 5 km (3 miles) apart. It
was only by 1801 that it was (somewhat) agreed that football teams should have
an equal number of players and that the playing area should be about 91
metres (100 yards). Records show that Eton college drew up the first
written rules of football in 1815. (The modern standardized rules are
known as the Cambridge rules.)
Interesting fact says that only the United States and Canada actually call soccer “soccer”!
In
the 1880s students of Oxford university abbreviated words by adding
“er” to the end; for instance, breakfast became “brekkers” and “rugby
rules” was referred to as “rugger.” When one student, Charles Wreford
Brown, was asked if he’d like to play rugger, he was the first to
abbreviate “association rules” (Football Association rules) by
answering, “No, soccer.” Brown later became an England international and
Football Association vice-president.
Interesting fact says that the first goal scored directly from a corner kick was in 1924!
Cesareo
Onzari, who played for Argentina took a corner kick and the ball ended
up in the net without anyone else touching it. This type of goal is also
referred to as an “Olympic goal” in football. Unfortunately for Uruguay, they lost
that game because of such a goal, but they did end up winning the gold
in the Olympics.
Interesting fact says that India wanted to play barefoot!
India
withdrew from the 1950 World Cup tournament because FIFA would not
allow the team to play barefoot? India had already qualified but refused
to continue because they wanted to play soccer barefoot!
I bet you don't know these interesting facts about football...
It is interesting to note that when James Naismith developed the game of basketball, the first game was played with - a soccer ball!
In 1966 opening match between England and Uruguay was delayed because seven english players had forgotten their identity cards at their hotel. A police motorcyclist was sent to collect them!
Athlectic Bilbao were declared winners of 1904 Copa Del Rey because their opponents in the final, Club Espanol de Madril, showed up on the wrong date!
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